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Neonatal body condition, immune responsiveness, and hematocrit predict longevity in a wild bird population by Bowers, E. Keith, Hodges, Christine J, Forsman, Anna M, Vogel, Laura A, Masters, Brian S, Johnson, Bonnie G. P, Johnson, L. Scott, Thompson, Charles F, Sakaluk, Scott K

“…Measures of body condition, immune function, and hematological health are widely used in ecological studies of vertebrate populations, predicated on the…”
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Evaluation of Effective Half-Life and Its Impact on Time to Steady State for Oral MeltDose Tacrolimus (LCPT) in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients by Momper, Jeremiah D, Venkataramanan, Raman, Jantz, Arin S, Cibrik, Diane M, Birdwell, Kelly, Nguyen, Tk, Masters, Brian M, Patel, Samir J

“…For extended-release drug formulations, effective half-life (t1/2eff) is a relevant pharmacokinetic parameter to inform dosing strategies and time to reach…”
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Microbiomes in Canidae by Biles, Tyler L., Beck, Harald, Masters, Brian S.

“…Because of their range expansion across North America, coyotes (Canis latrans) now occur sympatrically with numerous other predator species, including red…”
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Impact of high MELD scores on CMV viremia following liver transplantation by Freedman, Sari R., Saunders, Kenneth, Plazak, Michael E., Ravichandran, Bharath R., Saharia, Kapil K., Masters, Brian M., Sparkes, Tracy

“…Introduction Advanced liver disease or cirrhosis is associated with an increased risk of infections; however, the impact of high pretransplant model for…”
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Survival benefit of renal transplantation in octogenarians by Ravichandran, Bharath R., Sparkes, Tracy M., Masters, Brian M., Thomas, Beje, Demehin, Moses, Bromberg, Jonathan S., Haririan, Abdolreza

“…Background Elderly patients are the fastest growing population requiring renal replacement therapy. As previous studies have shown a survival benefit of kidney…”
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Panniculectomy at the time of living donor renal transplantation: An 8‐year experience by Ngaage, Ledibabari M., Elegbede, Adekunle, Tadisina, Kashyap K., Gebran, Selim G., Masters, Brian M., Rada, Erin M., Nam, Arthur J., Scalea, Joseph R., Niederhaus, Silke V., Singh, Devinder, Bromberg, Jonathan S., Bartlett, Stephen T., Rasko, Yvonne M.

“…Panniculectomy can be performed as a prophylactic procedure preceding transplantation to enable obese patients to meet criteria for renal transplantation. No…”
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A Multidisciplinary Technique for Concurrent Panniculectomy–Living Donor Renal Transplantation by Ngaage, Ledibabari M., Messner, Franka, McGlone, Katie L., Masters, Brian M., Highstein, Mallory, Chopra, Karan, Phelan, Michael, Singh, Devinder, Scalea, Joseph, Niederhaus, Silke V., Bromberg, Jonathan S., Bartlett, Stephen T., Rasko, Yvonne M.

“…BACKGROUNDRecently, it has been shown that panniculectomy concurrent to living donor renal transplantation is a safe option for management of renal transplant…”
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Increased extra-pair paternity in broods of aging males and enhanced recruitment of extra-pair young in a migratory bird by Bowers, E. Keith, Forsman, Anna M., Masters, Brian S., Johnson, Bonnie G. P., Johnson, L. Scott, Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…Despite keen interest in extra-pair mating in birds, its adaptive significance remains unresolved. Here, we use a multi-year dataset to test whether traits of…”
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Clinical outcomes of valganciclovir prophylaxis in high‐risk (D+/R−) renal transplant recipients experiencing delayed graft function by Freedman, Sari R., Ravichandran, Bharath R., Masters, Brian M., Bromberg, Jonathan S., Haririan, Abdolreza, Saharia, Kapil K., Heil, Emily L., Sparkes, Tracy

“…Background Cytomegalovirus (CMV) outcomes with valganciclovir prophylaxis in renal transplant recipients experiencing delayed graft function (DGF) are unclear…”
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Genetic and environmental variation in condition, cutaneous immunity, and haematocrit in house wrens by Sakaluk, Scott K, Wilson, Alastair J, Bowers, E Keith, Johnson, L Scott, Masters, Brian S, Johnson, Bonnie G P, Vogel, Laura A, Forsman, Anna M, Thompson, Charles F

“…Life-history studies of wild bird populations often focus on the relationship between an individual's condition and its capacity to mount an immune response,…”
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Collaborative practice agreement in solid organ transplantation by Ravichandran, Bharath R., Gillespie, Matthew W., Sparkes, Tracy M., Williams, Carla, Bartlett, Stephen T., Haririan, Abdolreza, Masters, Brian M.

“…Background Given the complexity of solid organ transplant recipients, a multidisciplinary approach is required. To promote medication safety and enable…”
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Female house wrens (Troglodytes aedon) increase the size, but not immunocompetence, of their offspring through extra-pair mating by FORSMAN, ANNA M, VOGEL, LAURA A, SAKALUK, SCOTT K, JOHNSON, BONNIE G, MASTERS, BRIAN S, JOHNSON, L. SCOTT, THOMPSON, CHARLES F

“…House wrens are typically socially monogamous, but frequently engage in extra-pair matings leading to multisired broods. Because females do not appear to…”
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Temporal patterns of extra-pair paternity in a population of Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum) in Maryland by Danner, Julie E., Small, Daniel M., Ryder, T. Brandt, Lohr, Bernard, Masters, Brian S., Gill, Douglas E., Fleischer, Robert C.

“…The incidence of extra-pair paternity (EPP) is highly variable across bird taxa. While EPP is known to affect reproductive variance, the causes of temporal…”
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Sexual selection in a socially monogamous bird: male color predicts paternity success in the mountain bluebird, Sialia currucoides by Balenger, Susan L, Johnson, L. Scott, Masters, Brian S

“…Ornamental traits are thought to evolve because they give individuals an advantage in securing multiple mates. Thus, the presence of ornamentation among males…”
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Extra-pair young in house wren broods are more likely to be male than female by Johnson, L. Scott, Thompson, Charles F., Sakaluk, Scott K., Neuhäuser, Markus, Johnson, Bonnie G.P., Soukup, Sheryl Swartz, Forsythe, Shannon Janota, Masters, Brian S.

“…Sex-allocation theory predicts that females should preferentially produce offspring of the sex with greater fitness potential. In socially monogamous animal…”
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Extra-pair paternity in the socially monogamous mountain bluebird Sialia currucoides and its effect on the potential for sexual selection by Balenger, Susan L., Scott Johnson, L., Mays Jr, Herman L., Masters, Brian S.

“…Sexual selection theory posits that ornamental traits can evolve if they provide individuals with an advantage in securing multiple mates. That male…”
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Evidence for heterozygote instability in microsatellite loci in house wrens by Masters, Brian S., Johnson, L. Scott, Johnson, Bonnie G. P., Brubaker, Jessica L., Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…Microsatellite loci have high mutation rates and high levels of allelic variation, but the factors influencing their mutation rate are not well understood. The…”
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Genotype and extra–pair paternity in the house wren: a rare–male effect? by Masters, Brian S., Hicks, Bonnie G., Johnson, L. Scott, Erb, Lori A.

“…), a largely monogamous songbird in which EP young are common. We typed paired males and females, nestlings, and males on neighbouring territories, at five to…”
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Targeted Disruption of Metallothionein I and II Genes Increases Sensitivity to Cadmium by Masters, Brian A., Kelly, Edward J., Quaife, Carol J., Brinster, Ralph L., Palmiter, Richard D.

“…We inactivated the mouse metallothionein (MT)-I and MT-II genes in embryonic stem cells and generated mice homozygous for these mutant alleles. These mice were…”
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Evidence for a maternal effect benefiting extra-pair offspring in a songbird, the house wren Troglodytes aedon by Scott Johnson, L., Brubaker, Jessica L., Johnson, Bonnie G.P., Masters, Brian S.

“…Female birds are hypothesized to mate outside the pairbond to secure alleles that enhance the fitness potential of their offspring. To test this, researchers…”
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